Can in Malayalam

Can, in the sense of being able, is കഴിയും (kazhiyum). Malayalam builds the thought differently from English: instead of I can, the sentence says it is possible for me, with the person in the dative. The definition records exactly that pattern.

Most common translation

കഴിയും (kazhiyum)

Can, to be able to; Malayalam says enikku kazhiyum, it is possible for me.

എനിക്ക് നീന്താൻ കഴിയും.

enikku neenthaan kazhiyum.

I can swim.

All Malayalam words for “can”

കഴിയും (kazhiyum) is the ability word; the rest are linked only by the word can inside their definitions, such as ഓപ്ഷൻ (opshan), an option, and ഉപയോഗങ്ങൾ (upayogangal), uses.

Common questions

How do you say can in Malayalam?

കഴിയും (kazhiyum), in a construction meaning it is possible for someone.

Does it also mean a tin can?

No, the entry covers only the sense of being able.